In order to show the most "proper" appearance when meeting Shi Zhongliang, the dental master specially changed himself into a new custom-made "dress", which must be "decent" and "worthy" of this time. A "happy encounter" with a disciple of "Hesheng" after traveling thousands of miles away.
It wasn't until he actually met Shi Zhongliang that Guan Ya realized that just knowing the "etiquette" was not enough to ask for advice from the disciples of "He Sheng".
If "Poems" and "Books" require the complete cultivation of the "Six Arts", Guan Ya should bring the entire "teaching team" of Xiang Zheng, all six masters, to be able to withstand Shi Zhongliang A gentle wave.
Regarding Guan Ya's question, especially about the famous "sitting pregnant without chaos", Guan Ya thought: Since Liu Xiahui is so unloved and indifferent to "female sex", is it a contradiction for Liu Xiahui to be able to have a son? At that time, Shi Zhongliang was not angry at this "loyal fan"'s rude question, but simply explained to his master:
"A gentleman's heart is like a clear mirror. Whether it is present or absent in his arms, warm or cool, beautiful or ugly, it does not hinder his magnanimity. His sentiments are as bright and clear as the bright moon in the sky, without any flaws! This is what a gentleman should do; As a husband, according to the human relationship between husband and wife, love and care for each other, spread the branches and leaves, and spread the incense. This is what a gentleman should do! This move is like the bright moon in the sky and the bright universe. What is there to be suspicious about? Woolen cloth?"
After Guan Ya heard this, he felt ashamed like a "villain" and wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Fortunately, Shi Zhongliang did not mean to embarrass, make things difficult or laugh at Guan Ya, but asked calmly:
"Sir, you have come all the way. If you have any doubts, would you mind pointing them out?"
Faced with Shi Zhongliang's gentle and kind attitude, Guan Ya put down the embarrassment and anxiety he felt just now, and then asked:
"I would like to ask Mr. Shi, when the Liu Academy accepts disciples and sets up courses, do they teach them based on "Poetry" and "Books", or do they teach the students based on the textbooks written by the former teacher?"
When Shi Zhongliang was asked about his duties, he happily replied:
"All the three categories you mentioned are included. When teaching, my teacher's compilation was particularly important."
When Guan Ya heard about the "private teaching materials", he immediately wanted to "learn from the experience" and asked:
"Would you be generous enough to give me a set of books written by your late master? I also have students teaching them in the Song Dynasty. If you are so honored, allow me to take them back with you. I will devote the rest of my life to broadcasting the teachings of my late master to the Song Dynasty. Countryside common people!"
"It's so good! It's so good! It doesn't matter if you take it!"
Shi Zhongliang ordered people to compile ten sets of the complete set of teaching materials written by Liu Xiahui and gave them to Guan Ya.
"Mr. Shi is so kind! My students from the Song Dynasty have visited you again and again! I am very grateful!"
After Guan Ya solemnly thanked him, he presented the generous gift he had brought: a sapphire incense burner with both hands, which was considered as a sign of respect.
Shi Zhongliang knew very well that "it is disrespectful to come and not return", so he happily accepted it.
And this set of "teaching materials" compiled by "Hesheng" of Lu State, which was brought back by Master Guan Ya in the style of "learning from scriptures", has become Xiang Zhong's favorite book to read! In fact, the content here is much more interesting than the boring and tasteless books before.
I say it is interesting because, although it is an article that pays attention to "etiquette", it really writes about all the "etiquette" at that time - things that can be included as "gifts"!
The book writes: In this special era of the Spring and Autumn Period, the things that can be used as gifts in various countries are also all kinds of strange, each with strong local characteristics:
For example, the State of Lu is adjacent to the State of Qi, and the gifts are similar, including mulberry, linen, cloth, fish salt, etc., which can all be included in the "gift list"; while the State of Yan in the north, in addition to fish salt, also has jujubes. And hairy chestnuts.
When they came to Zhao and Dai, they used handsome men and beautiful women as gifts. Even if they accidentally put some exquisite handicrafts, they were most likely fakes.
The Chu State was relatively large, and Western Chu used fish and salt as gifts; Eastern Chu, including Wu and Yue, in addition to sea salt, bronze ware was also the first choice for ritual utensils; the Nanchu area in Huainan and Jiangnan was much richer ! In addition to leather goods, abalone, and bamboo and wood utensils, gold is directly used as gifts in Yuzhang; tin utensils from Changsha are also included in the gift list; and in Panyu in the south, there are mountains of sea goods: pearls, rhinoceros horns, tortoise shells, etc., countless; tropical Fruits are also amazing; Gebu and Xiangluosha are priceless treasures and the first choice of nobles.
The Bashu region in the west has the most abundant products, from plants such as gardenia, ginger, bamboo and wooden utensils, to minerals such as cinnabar, stone, copper, and iron. They are so beautiful and beautiful through the ingenious hands of Shu craftsmen!
Compared with the gift lists in the south, the gift lists in the northwest are much "simpler". For example, in the Qinland of Guanzhong, it is directly "shanggrain"; further west, in Tianshui, Longxi, Beidi and Shangjun, that is: Serve the meat! Animals are all "gifts" that can come on their own.
At the end, Xiang Zhong suddenly had an extremely deep understanding of the "pragmatism" in this "gift".
Because, when looking at the description of the gifts that can be included in the "gift list" of Song and Liang, it says like this:
"In the land of Song and Liang, the people were frugal and there were many gentlemen."
It’s gone!
In other words, nothing is produced here except for some decent gentlemen who "trundle and shrink" in life!
Xiang Zhong couldn't help but feel happy and thought:
"The countries of Zhao and Dai produced beauties, but their moral character was not up to par; and the countries of Song and Liang produced gentlemen, but their appearance was not a specialty. If people from Song and Liang married people from Zhao and Dai, Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? The children born should be beautiful and well-educated. It is truly an excellent plan to improve the 'comprehensive quality of the population'!"
A simple article, a list of specialties as gifts from various places, can be seen by Xiang Zhong in the future trend of "national integration", and it is indeed worthy of his devotion from "Taoist Xinwu".
When Xiang Zhong was answering the tooth-tubing master's "reflections" on this article, Xiang Zhong felt that there must be something new, so he wrote down this idea.
As expected, Guan Ya immediately threw the book at him, saying that his thoughts were far beyond what a mere 16-year-old "half-boy" should think about, and he was not worthy of being a "gentleman". The son of a Song Dynasty man was simply "insulting his master". He was so angry that he really wanted to bite him to satisfy his hatred.
"You have read so many poems and books that you are not a gentleman! Please re-read this book and submit another piece of your experience! Otherwise, I will punish you by copying the book ten times!"
In the end, Guan Ya still used "wen" methods to "punish" this disciple who had wrong ideas.
"Rewrite! Well, it's just rewriting. I'm the best at it!"
